MANUAL 


Presbytery  of  Concord, 


CONTAINING 


A  HISTORICAL  AND  GEOGRAPHICAL  OUTLINE; 

A  Roll  of  Ministers  and  Churches  from  the  Date  of 
Organization  ; 

Rolls  of  Present  Ministers  and  Churches  ; 
List  of  Standing  Committees  ; 

DIRECTORY  FOR  BUSINESS,  AND  STANDING  RULES. 


Revised,  April,  1888. 


RICHMOND,  VA.: 
Whittet  &  Shepperson,  Printers. 
1888. 


MANUAL 

OF  THE 

Presbytery  of  Concord, 

CONTAINING 

A  HISTORICAL  AND  GEOGRAPHICAL  OUTLINE ; 

A  Roll  of  Ministers  and  Churches  from  the  Date  of 
Organization  ; 

Rolls  of  Present  Ministers  and  Churches  ; 
List  of  Standing  Committees  ; 

DIRECTORY  FOR  BUSINESS,  AND  STANDING  RULES. 


Revised,  April,  1888. 


RICHMOND,   VA. : 
Whittet  &  Shepperson,  Printers. 
18  8  8. 


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.  in  2013 


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MANUAL 

OF  THE 

PRESBYTERY  OF  CONCORD. 


i. 

Historical  anH  ^oQtnphicnl  <®ut^ 
line. 

The  portion  of  territory  now  embraced  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Concord  was  under  the  care  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Hanover,  Va.,  until  the  for- 
mation of  the  Presbytery  of  Orange,  in  the  year 
1770.  In  1788,  the  Synod  of  New  York  and 
Philadelphia  set  off  the  Presbyteries  of  Orange, 
Abingdon  and  South  Carolina,  as  a  separate 
Synod,  called  the  Synod  of  the  Carolinas. 
The  Presbytery  of  Orange  then  embraced  the 
entire  State  of  North  Carolina  and  a  small 
portion  of  South  Carolina.  The  first  meeting 
of  the  new  Synod  was  held  on  the  5  th  of  No- 
vember, 1788,  at  Centre  Church,  within  the 
^bounds  of  Orange  (now  Concord)  Presbytery. 

Ad 


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Seven  years  later  (1795)  the  Synod  set  off  the 
Presbytery  of  Concord  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Orange,  making  the  Yadkin  river  the  dividing 
line.  The  new  Presbytery  was  composed  of 
the  following  clerical  members,  viz:  Rev. 
Messrs.  Samuel  E.  McCorkle,  D.  D.,  Jas.  Hall, 
Jas.  McRee,  David  Barr,  Samuel  C.  Caldwell, 
Jas.  Wallis,  Jos.  D.  Kilpatrick,  Lewis  F.  Wilson, 
Jas.  Carrigan,  Humphrey  Hunter,  John  M.  Wil- 
son, and  Alexander  Caldwell.  Its  first  meeting 
was  held  December  24,  1795,  at  Bethphage 
Church. 

On  the  9  th  of  October,  1824,  the  portion  of 
the  territory  lying  between  the  Yadkin  and 
Catawba  rivers,  south  of  the  counties  of  Iredell 
and  Rowan,  and  a  small  portion  of  territory  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Catawba  river,  were  formed 
into  a  new  territory,  called  the  Presbytery  of 
Mecklenburg.  The  first  meeting  of  this  Pres 
bytery  was  held  at  New  Providence  Church,  on 
the  5th  of  April,  1825.  Its  last  meeting  was 
held  at  Poplar  Tent  Church,  April  5th,  1828; 
and  by  order  of  the  Synod  of  North  Carolina 
its  members  and  congregations  were  connected 
•with  the  Presbytery  of  Concord,  at  its  session 
at  Centre  Church,  September  4th,  1828. 

On  the  17th  of  October,  1835,  the  Presbytery 
of  Morgan  ton  was  set  off,   comprising  the 


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counties  of  Ashe,  Buncombe,  Burke,  Haywood^ 
Lincoln,  Macon,  Rutherford,  Wilkes  and  Yan- 
cey. Its  first  session  was  held  in  Morganton, 
April  14,  1836.  On  the  24th  of  October,  1840, 
it  was  dissolved  by  the  Synod  of  North  Caro- 
lina; and  its  territory,  ministers  and  congre- 
gations, became  again  a  portion  of  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Concord. 

On  the  16th  of  October,  1869,  the  Presbytery 
of  Mecklenburg  being  again  set  off,  with  dif- 
ferent boundaries,  the  Presbytery  of  Concord* 
with  its  present  boundaries,  held  its  first  meet- 
ing at  Centre  Church,  April  the  6th,  1870. 

These  boundaries,  are  as  follows:  On  the 
east,  the  Yadkin  river;  on  the  north,  Virginia 
and  Tennessee;  on  the  west,  Tennessee;  on 
the  south,  the  counties  of  Madison,  Buncombe, 
Rutherford,  Cleveland,  Lincoln,  the  larger  part 
of  Mecklenburg,  Union  and  Anson. 


II. 

Hall  of  tlte  <&fiutcf\**t 

According  to  Date  or  Organization. 


1.  Rocky  River,  1764 

2.  Poplar  Tent,  1764 

3.  Centre,  ,  1764 

4.  Thyatira,  ..1764 

5.  Statesville,  (Fourth  Creek, )  1764 

6.  Bethany,  probably  1778 

7.  Concord,  probably  1778 

8.  Third  Creek,  May,  — -,   1792 

9.  Unity,  probably  1792 

10.  Bethphage,  previous  to  1795 

11.  Mocksville,  (Joppa,)  previous  to  1795 

12.  Tabor,  about  1795 

13.  Concord,  (town,)  about  1804 

14.  Back  Creek,  September  5th,  .__1805 

15.  Salisbury,  1821 

16.  Prospect,  September  8th,  1824 

17.  Morganton,  previous  to    1827 

18.  Siloam,  previous  to  1827 

19.  Drtjsilla,  previous  to  __  1828 

20.  Franklin^  April  2d,   ..1829 

21.  Bethel,     1829 

22.  Salem,  September  3rd,  -  1834 

23.  Wilkesboro,  June  17th,  ■   __1837 


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24.  Davidson  College,  October  11,  1837 

25..  Maeion,  October  11,  1845 

26.  Fifth  Ceeek,  April  3d,  1846 

27.  Bethesda,  April  14,  .  1848 

28.  Shiloh,  June  20th,  1850 

29.  Lenoie,  July  31,..    1852 

30.  Tayloesville,  May  27,  ___.1853 

31.  Newton,  June  13th,.  _1   1858 

32.  Hiokoey,  March  18,   __.1873 

33.  Zion,  July  27,  1873 

34.  Mooeesville,  Nov.  13,  1875 

35.  Noewood,  Dec.  8,    1878 

36.  Clio,  Nov.  27,  1879 

37.  New  Salem,  July  30,    1882 

38.  Old  Foet,  July  1,  1883 

39.  Beulah,  Oct.  17,  1883 

40.  Teoutmans,  March  14,   1885 

41.  Mizpah,    1885 

42.  Foeest,  Nov.  (1st  Sabbath,)  1885 

43.  Lebanon,  March  14,    1885 

44.  Tuekey  Cove,  May,  ,  .  1886 

45.  Blowing  Rock,  July  17,  . .    1887 

46.  Glen  Alpine,  ....  1888 


III. 

Alphabetical  Boll  of  <&1\uvzf\*sf 

With  the  Addkess  of  the  Clerks  of  Sessions. 


1.  Back  Creek,  ___J.  K.  Goodman,  Mt.  Ulla. 

2.  Bethany,  Dr.  E.  A.  Hall,  Bethany  Church. 

3.  Bethel,  Dr.  J.  B.  Alexander,  Davidson  Coll. 

4.  Bethesda,  Walter  Lentz,  Amity  Hill. 

5.  Bethphage,  J.  J.  Cochran,  Enochville. 

6.  Beulah,  

7.  Blowing  Rock,  

8:  Centre,  J.  R.  McNeely,  Mooresville. 

9.  Clio,  .  

10.  Concord,  (Iredell),  __H.  C.  Summers,  Fancy  Hill. 

11.  Concord  (Town),  ._H.  I.  Woodhouse,  Concord. 

12.  Davidson  Coll. ,  _  S.  R.  Neel,  Davidson  College. 

13.  Drusilla,   

14.  Fifth  Creek,  Dr.  J.  R.  B.Adams,  Cool  Spring. 

15.  Forest,  

16.  Franklin,  J.  A.  Thomason,  Salisbury. 

17.  Glen  Alpine,  

18.  Hickory,  J.  G.  Hall,  Hickory. 

19.  Lebanon,    _   

20.  Lenoir,  E.  W.  Faucette,  Lenoir. 

21.  Marion,  

22.  Mizpah,  John  F.  Cotton. 

22.  Mocksville,  T.  B.  Bailey,  Mocks ville. 


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■23.  Mooresville,  A.  Leazar,  Mooresville. 

24.  Morgan  ton,  R.  K.  Pressnell,  Morganton. 

25.  Newton,  D.  B,  Gaither,  Newton. 

26.  Norwood,  M.  L.  Barnhardt,  Norwood. 

27.  New  Salem,  J.  A.  Lentz,  Stoney  Point. 

28.  Old  Fort,  G.  C.  McCoy,  Old  Fort. 

29.  Prospect,  D.  W.  Lowrance,  Mooresville. 

30.  Poplar  Tent,  T.  H.  Robinson,  Concord. 

31.  Rocky  River,  Dr.  J.  R.  Wilson,  Harrisburg. 

32.  Salem,    

33.  Salisbury,  J.  J.  Bruner,  Salisbury. 

34.  Shiloh,  Dr.  A.  J.  K.  Thomas,  Catawba  Stat 'n. 

35.  Siloam,  Jas.  M.  Greenlee,  Marion. 

36.  Statesville,  E.  B.  Stimson,  Statesville. 

37.  Tabor,  P.  B.  Kennedy,  Houstonville. 

38.  Taylorsville,  ...A.  C.  Mcintosh,  Taylorsville. 

39.  Third  Creek,  ___W.  L.  Steele,  Cleveland. 

40.  Thyatira,  J.  K.  Graham,  Mill  Bridge. 

41.  Troutmans,  J.  P.  Melchor,  Troutmans  Depot. 

42.  Turkey  Cove,  __J.  H.  Greenlee,  Turkey  Cove. 

43.  Unity,  Richard  Culbertson,  Woodleaf. 

44.  Wilkesboro,  J.  T.  Finley,  Wilkesboro. 

45.  Zion,  S.  W.  White,  Concord. 


IV. 

Complete  ftoll  of  Ministers* 

4 1  The  righteous  shall  be  in  everlasting  remembrance. " — 
Psalm  cxii.  6. 

MINISTERIAL  ROLL  OF  CONCORD  PRES- 
BYTERY, FROM  DECEMBER  4,  1795, 
TO  SEPTEMBER  18,  1888, 

With  Dates  of  Ordination,  Reception,  Trans- 
fer, Dismission  or  Death. 


1.  Samuel  Eusebius  McCorkle,  D.  D.  Or- 
dained by  Orange,  August  2,  1777;  detached 
to  Concord,  Oct.  2,  1795 ;  deceased,  Jan.  20, 
1811. 

2.  James  Hall,  D.  D.  Ordained  by  Orange, 
April  8,  1778;  detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2, 
1795;  deceased,  July  25,  1826. 

3.  J ames  McRee,  D.  D.  Ordained  by  Orange, 
November,  1778;  detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2, 
1795;  deceased,  May  27,  1840. 

4.  David  Barr.  Ordained  by  Orange,  1787; 
detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2,  1795 ;  suspended 
indefinitely,  Sept.  30,  1801. 


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5.  Samuel  Craighead  Caldwell.  Ordained 
by  Orange,  Feb.  21 , 1792  ;  detached  to  Concord, 
Oct.  2, 1795;  detached  to  Mecklenburg,  Oct.  8, 
1825;  deceased,  Oct.  3,  1826. 

6.  James  Wallis.  Ordained  by  Orange,  1792 ; 
detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2,  1795;  deceased, 
Dec.  27,  1820 

7.  Joseph  Dickey  Kilpatrick.  Ordained  by 
Orange,  1793;  detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2. 
1795;  deceased,  Sept.  20,  1829. 

8.  Lewis  Feuilleteau  Wilson,  M.  D.  Ordained 
by  Orange,  June,  1793;  detached  to  Concord, 
Oct.  2,  1795;  deceased,  Dec.  11,  1804. 

9.  Humphrey  Hunter.    Ordained  by  Orange, 

1793  (?);  detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2,  1795; 
deceased,  Aug.  21,  1827. 

10.  Alex.  Caldwell.  Ordained  by  Orange, 
1793;  detached  to  Concord,  Oct.  2,  1795;  de- 
ceased,  ,  1841.  (?) 

11.  John  Makemie  Wilson,  D.  D.  Ordained 
by  Orange,  ,  1794  (?) ;  detached  to  Con- 
cord, Oct.  2,  1795;  deceased,  July  30,  1831. 

12.  John  Carrigan.    Ordained  by  Orange, 

1794  (?) ;  detached  to  Concord,  October  2, 1795 ; 
deceased,  March  31,  1822. 

13.  John  Andrews.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
3rd  Wednesday  in  January,  1797 ;  dismissed  to 
Kentucky  Presbytery,  October  5,  1802. 


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14.  Wm.  C.  Davis.  Keceived  from  Presby- 
tery of  South  Carolina,  March  27,  1798;  dis- 
missed to  1st  Presbytery  of  South  Carolina, 
April  2, 1806  ;  received  1st  Presbytery  of  South 
Carolina,  October,  17, 1810 ;  deposed  for  heresy, 
1811. 

15.  Samuel  Davis.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
March  28,  1798;  detached  to  Greenville  Pres- 
bytery before  March  31,  1801;  received  from 
Greenville  Presbytery,  April  6, 1806 ;  dismissed 
to  2nd  Presbytery  of  South  Carolina,  September 
6,  1809;  re-enrolled  April  1,  1817;  dismissed  to 
South  Carolina  Presbytery,  September  5,  1821. 

16.  George  Newton.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
2nd  Wednesday  in  August,  1798;  dismissed  to 
Transylvania  Presbytery,  September  18,  1813. 

17.  John  Kobinson,  D.  D.  Eeceived  from 
Orange,  March  30,  1803;  deceased,  December 
15,  1843. 

18.  John  Brown.  Received  from  1st  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Carolina,  March  27,  1804;  dis- 
missed to  Harmony  Presbytery,  April  3,  1810. 

19.  Thomas  J.  Hall.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
October  30,  1806;  dismissed  to  West  Tennes- 
see Presbytery,  October  3,  1812. 

•20.  Andrew  S.  Morrison.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, October  30, 1806;  dismissed  to  West  Ten- 
nessee Presbytery,  September  4,  1811. 


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21.  James  Adams.  Received  from  South 
Carolina  Association,  October  7,  1809;  de- 
tached to  Bethel,  1824;  deceased,  August, 
1843. 

22.  Robert  Becqum  Walker.  Received  from 
1st  Presbytery  of  South  Carotin  a>  October  17, 
1810;  detached  to  Bethel,  October  8,  1824. 

23.  John  B.  Davies.  Received  from  1st  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Carolina,  October  17,  1810 ; 
detached  to  Bethel,  October  8,  1824;  received 
from  Bethel,   ;  deceased  ,  1844.  (?) 

24.  Thomas  Neely.  Received  from  1st  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Carolina,  October  17,  1810; 
detached  to  Bethel,  October  8,  1824.  (?) 

25.  John  Williamson.  Ordained  by  Concord,. 
September  7,  1813;  deceased,  —         1842.  (?) 

26.  Richard  H.  King.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, September  3,  1816;  dismissed  to  Presby- 
tery of  West  Tennessee,  April  1,  1817.  (?) 

27.  Henry  M.  Kerr.  Ordained  by  Concord,, 
January  9,  1817;  dismissed  to  Holston  Presby- 
tery, October  2,  1833. 

28.  Francis  H.  Porter.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, October  3,  1817;  dismissed  to  Presbytery 
of  South  Carolina,  April  6,  1824. 

29.  Aaron  Williams.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
August,  6,  1819;  detached  to  Bethel,  October 
8,  1824. 


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30.  Walter  Smiley  Pharr.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, November  18,  1820;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  18, 1824;  received  from  Meck- 
lenburg, 1828;  deceased,  December  27,  1866. 

31.  John  M.  Erwin.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
February  25,  1821;  dismissed  to  Harmony, 
April  6,  1828;  received  from  Harmony,  April 
2,  1834;  dismissed  to  Arkansas  Presbytery, 
March  8,  1839. 

32.  Joseph  E.  Bell.  Received  from  Lutheran 
Synod  of  North  Carolina  and  Tennessee,  April 
4,  1821;  deposed  for  contumacy,  April  10, 
1830. 

33.  Robert  Hall  Morrison,  D.  D.,  first  Presi- 
dent of  Davidson  College.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, April  21,  1821;  dismissed  to  Fayetteville, 
April  4,  1822  ;  received  from  Fayetteville,  1828; 
detached  to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

34.  Jonathan  Otis  Freeman,  M.  D.  Re- 
ceived from  Orange,  September  27,  1821;  dis- 
missed to  Orange,  April  2,  1834;  deceased,  in 
Washington,  N.  O,  1835. 

35.  Nicolas  R.  Morgan.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, May  3,  1822;  detached  to  Mecklenburg, 
October  8,  1824. 

36.  Daniel  Gould.  Received  from  Presby- 
tery of  Londonderry,  September  3,  1822;  de- 
ceased, April  29,  1834, 


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37.  Hugh  Wilson.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
September  4,  1822;  dismissed  to  North  Ala- 
bama Presbytery,  September  7,  1826. 

38.  Samuel  Williamson,  D.  D.,  second  Presi- 
dent of  Davidson  College.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, May  24,  1823;  dismissed  to  Ouachita 
Presbytery,  November  5,  1856. 

39.  James  B.  Stafford.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, June  7,  1823;  detached  to  Bethel,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1824. 

40.  Josiah  Harris.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
October  18,  1823;  detached  to  Mecklenburg  (?), 
October  18,  1824. 

41.  James  Stafford.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
November  15,  1823 ;  dismissed  to  Presbytery  of 
Cincinnati,  April  8,  1831. 

42.  Chauncey  Eddy.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
May  1 , 1824 ;  dismissed  to  Presbytery  of  Geneva, 
April  6,  1826. 

43.  Henry  Nelson  Pharr.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, June  9,  1825;  dismissed  to  Presbytery  of 
South  Alabama,  April  20,  1854 ;  received  from 
Presbytery  of  South  Alabama,  April  12,  1861 ; 
deceased,  March  15,  1862. 

44.  William  Franklin  Watts.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  July  15,  1825;  deceased  May  11, 
1826. 

45.  John  Silliman.    Ordained  by  Concord, 


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November  12,  1825;  detached  to  Morganton, 
October  17,  1835. 

46.  Eobert  Hett  Chapman,  D.  D.  Received 
from  Orange,  October  5,  1827;  dismissed  to 
Presbytery  of  Western  District,  October  7,  1830. 

47.  Jesse  Rankin  Received  from  Orange, 
October  5,  1827;  dismissed  to  Orange,  April  7, 
1831;  received  from  Roanoke,  October  13, 
1838;  dismissed  to  Orange,  March  9,  1839;  re- 
ceived from  Orange,  November  5,  1856;  de- 
ceased, October  18,  1876. 

48.  Wm.  A.  Hall.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
November  10,  1827;  dismissed  to  Presbytery 
Western  District,  April  9,  1852. 

49.  Patrick  J.  Sparrow,  D.  D.,  Professor  in 
Davidson  College.  Ordained  by  Concord,  No- 
vember 15,  1828;  dismissed  to  West  Hanover, 
September  9,  1841. 

50  Stephen  Frontis.  Received  from  Orange, 
April  2,  1829;  deceased,  April  12,  1867. 

51.  Christopher  Brad sh aw.  Received  from 
French  Broad  Presbytery,  April  3,  1829;  de- 
tached to  Morganton  Presbytery,  Oct.  17, 1835. 

52.  Samuel  L.  Watson.  Received  from  Bethel 
Presbytery,  May  22,  1829;  dismissed  to  Bethel 
Presbytery,  March  12,  1840. 

53.  Thomas  Espy.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
May  15,  1830;  deceased,  April  17,  1833. 


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54.  Robert  L.  Caldwell.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, October  8,  1831 ;  deceased,  November  17, 
1832. 

55.  Andrew  Y.  Lockridge.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  May  25,  1832 ;  dismissed  to  Cherokee, 
November  7,  1845. 

56.  Daniel  Lindley,  D.  D.,  missionary  to 
Africa.  Ordained  by  Concord,  November  7, 
1832;  deceased,  September  3,  1880. 

57.  Thomas  Pickney  Johnston,  missionary  to 
Turkey.  Ordained  by  Concord,  October  4, 
1883;  dismissed  to  Chickasaw,  April  12,  I860; 
received  from  North  Mississippi,  April  9,  1868; 
deceased,  May  29,  1883. 

58.  Abner  J.  Levenworth.  Received  from 
Hartfort,  N.  Coun.,  (Consociation,)  April  3, 
1834;  stricken  from  roll,  March  10,  1841. 

59.  Alexander  E.  Wilson,  M.  D.,  missionary 
to  Africa.  Ordained  by  Concord,  September 
19,  1834 ;  deceased  in  Africa,  October  18, 1846. 

60.  James  Elijah  Morrison.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  September  19,  1834;  detached  to 
Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

61.  Absalom  K.  Barr.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
November  5,  1834;  dismissed  to  Cayuga  Pres- 
bytery, October  10,  1835. 

62.  John  S  McCutchan.  Received  from 
Orange,  .April  29,   1835;    detached  to  Mor- 


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ganton,  October  17,  1835;  received  from  Mor- 
ganton,  October  24,  1840;  deceased,  June  24, 
1848. 

63.  James  M.  H.  Adams.  Received  from 
Bethel,  August  25,  1835;  detached  to  Mor- 
gan ton,  October  17,  1835,  received  from  Mor- 
ganton,  May  12,  1837;  dismissed  to  Bethel, 
October  3,  1851. 

64.  Daniel  Al]en  Penick.  Received  from 
Orange,  October  15,  1835 ;  deceased,  January 
8,  1870. 

65.  John  M.  M.  Caldwell.  Ordained  evan- 
gelist by  Concord,  October  31,  1835;  dismissed 
to  Cherokee,  March  26,  1845;  received  from 
Cherokee,  October  4,  1866;  dismissed  to 
Orange,  September  24,  1868. 

66.  Albertus  Leander  Watts.  Received 
from  Orange,  March  8,  1836;  dismissed  to 
Morganton,  March  8,  1836 ;  received  from  Mor- 
ganton,  October  24,  1840;  deceased,  January 
23,  1855. 

67.  Samuel  Paisley.  Received  from  Orange, 
June  1,  1836;  dismissed  to  Orange,  November 
10,  1837. 

68.  James  Davidson  Hall.  Received  from 
Orange,  May  12,  1837;  detached  to  Mecklen- 
burg, October  16,  1869. 

69.  John  M.  Wilson.    Ordained  by  Concord, 


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November  10,  1837:  dismissed  to  Missouri 
Presbytery,  October  3,  1851. 

70.  James  P.  McPherson.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  December  2,  1837;  dismissed  to 
Harmony,  April  1,  1842. 

71.  William  Newton  Morrison.  Eeceived 
from  Morganton,  October  24,  1840;  detached 
to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

72.  Angus  Johnston.  Received  from  Fay- 
etteville,  March  21,  1838;  dismissed  to  Chick- 
asaw, April  5,  1844. 

73.  Cyrus  Johnston,  D.  D.  Received  from 
Bethel,  March  11, 1848 ;  deceased,  Jan.  15, 1855. 

74.  John  LeRoy  Davies.  Received  from 
Bethel,  September  4,  1840;  dismissed  to 
Bethel,  October  14,  1850. 

75.  Frederick  Kollock  Nash.  Received  from 
Morganton,  October  24,  .1840;  dismissed  to 
Fayetteville,  April  4,  1846  - 

76.  Lemuel  Murray.  Received  from  Tom- 
beckbee,  September  7,  1841;  dismissed  to 
Chickasaw,  September  26,  1850. 

77.  James  Kerr.  Received  from  Lexington, 
September  9,  1*41 ;  dismissed  to  Transylvania, 
April  10,  1847. 

78.  Elijah  Frink  Rockwell,  D.  D.,  Professor 
in  Davidson  College.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
December  15,  1841;  deceased,  April,  1888. 


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79.  John  B.  Davis.  Received  from  Bethel,. 
March  30,  1842;  deceased,  February  9,  1845. 

80.  John  Erskine  McPherson.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  August  27,  1842;  deceased,  April  9, 
1860. 

81.  James  F.  W.  Freeman.  Received  from 
Hopewell,  April  13,  1843;  deposed,  July  11, 
1849;  restored,  April  13,  1863;  detached  to 
Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

82.  H.  B.  Cunningham,  D.  D.  Received 
from  Harmony,  August  31,  1843;  dismissed  to 
Charleston,  September  19,  1858. 

83.  Walter  Wellington  Pharr,  D.  D.  Or- 
dained by  Concord,  October  13,  1843;  detached 
to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

84.  Samuel  B.  O.  Wilson,  Professor  in  David- 
son College.  Received  from  Bethel,  October 
13,  1843;  dismissed  to  Memphis,  September 
21,  1860. 

85.  George  M.  Gibbs.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
May  31,  1844;  dismissed  to  Fayetteville,  No- 
vember 30,  1853;  received  from  Fayetteville, 
April  11, 1868;  dismissed  to  Fayetteville,  April, 
23,  1879;  received  from  Fayetteville,  October 
2,  1884 ;  deceased,  February  2,  1885. 

86.  Robert  H.  Lafferty.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, April  25,  1846;  deceased,  July,  1864. 

87.  James  Albert  Wallace.    Received  from 


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Chickasaw,  April  8,  1847 ;  dismissed  to  Har- 
mony, July  14,  1840. 

88.  Archibald  Baker.  Received  from  Fay- 
etteville,  April  14,  1848;  dismissed  to  Florida, 
April  12,  1860. 

89.  Thomas  E.  Davis.  Received  from  Hol- 
ston,  April  14,  1848;  dismissed  to  South  Caro- 
lina Presbytery,  April  2,  1858;  received  from 
South  Carolina  Presbytery,  1865;  detached  to 
Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

90.  Samuel  C.  Pharr,  D.  D.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  May  20,  1848;  dismissed  to  Knox- 
ville,  April  11,  1856;  received  from  Knoxville, 
April  5,  1858 ;  suspended  indefinitely,  August 
23,  1873. 

91.  William  C  Sutton.  Received  from  Or- 
ange, October  25, 1849  :  dismissed  to  Harmony, 
April  2,  1858. 

92.  Pleasant  Hunter  Dalton  Ordained  by 
Concord,  December  1,  1849 ;  dismissed  to  Or- 
ange, October  21,  1857. 

93.  Elnathan  G.  Walker.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, December  15,  1849;  dismissed  to  Flint 
River,  October  3,  1851. 

94.  Robert  N:  Davis.  Received  from  Lex- 
ington, September  25,  1860 ;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  16,  1869. 

95.  Peter  Tinsley  Penick.    Ordained  by  Con- 


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cord,  November  8, 1850 ;  dismissed  to  Roanoke, 
January  13,  1860;  received  from  Orange,  April 
22,  1876;  deceased,  March  29,  1886. 

96.  Thomas  N.  Paxton.  Received  from  Lex- 
ington, October  3,  1851;  deceased,  February 
14,  1885. 

97.  Benjamin  L.  Beall.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, October  4,  1851;  dismissed  to  Bethel, 
April  2,  1858;  received  from  Bethel,  April  2, 
1862;  dismissed  to  North  Texas,  March  7, 
1878;  received  from  North  Texas,  May  30, 
1879. 

98.  Gilbert  Morgan.  Received  from  Orange, 
April  8,  1852 ;  dismissed  to  Harmony,  April  20, 
1854. 

99.  Wm.  C.  Sheetz.  Ordained  by  Concord, 
May  15,  1852;  deceased,  February  28,  1870. 

100.  Monroe  T.  Allen.  Received  from  Or- 
ange, April  22,  1853 ;  deposed,  May  29,  1856. 

101.  Wm.  S.  Moore.  Ordained  Evangelist 
by  Concord,  September  3,  1853;  deceased, 
August  19,  1865. 

102.  Samuel  Caldwell  Alexander.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  May  26,  1855;  dismissed  to  Fay- 
etteville,  October  27,  1860. 

103.  Drury  Lacy,  D.  D.,  third  President  of 
Davidson  College.  Received  from  Orange,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1855;  dismissed  to  Orange,  April 
13,  1861. 


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104.  Ebenezer  D.  Junkin,  D.  D.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  September  29,  1855;  dismissed  to 
Lexington,  September  25,  1855. 

105.  Arnold  W.  Miller,  D.  D.  Keceived  from 
Bethel,  November  1,  1855;  dismissed  to  East 
Handover,  April  16,  1857;  received  from  East 
Hanover,  May  3,  1866;  detached  to  Mecklen- 
burg, October  16,  1869. 

106.  Robert  Hett  Chapman,  D.  D.  Received 
From  East  Alabama,  April  11,  1856;  detached 
to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

107.  Barnabas  Scott  Krider.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  April  26, 1856;  deceased,  October  20, 
1865. 

108.  George  Dickinson  Parks,  M.  D.  Or- 
dained by  Concord,  June  13,  1856;  detached 
to  Mecklenburg,  October  15,  1869. 

109.  Thomas  Washington  Erwin.  Received 
from  Bethel,  November  5,  1856;  dismissed  to 
Bethel,  November  5,  1859. 

110.  Jethro  Rumple,  D.  D.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  January  9,  1857. 

111.  James  McCulloch  Walker.  Received 
from  First  Presbytery,  Associate  Synod  of  the 
South,  Oct.  8,  1857;  deceased,  April,  15,  1860. 

112.  Leander  L.  Stewart.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, October  9,  1857;  deposed  for  contumacy, 
April  26,  1867. 


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113.  Alexander  Sinclair.  Received  from  Al- 
leghany City  Presbytery,  October  21,  1857; 
dismissed  to  1st  Presbytery,  Philadelphia,  April 
29,  1869. 

114.  W.  G.  Campbell.  Received  from  Lex- 
ington, October  23, 1857;  dismissed  to  Lexing- 
ton, April  15,  1859. 

115.  Daniel  A.  Penick.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, January  27,  1858;  dismissed  to  Lexing- 
ton, August  19,  1873. 

116.  Robert  Bur  well,  D.  D.  Received  from 
Orange,  April  2,  1858;  detached  to  Mecklen- 
burg, October  16,  1869. 

117.  William  Walter  Pharr.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  May  14,  1858. 

118.  James  Bell  Watt.  Received  from  First 
Presbytery,  Associate  Synod  of  the  South, 
August  26,  1858;  deceased,  September  16, 
1860. 

119.  John  C.  Carson,  M.  D.  Received  from 
Union  Presbytery,  April  15,  1859;  deposed  for 
contumacy,  August  30,  1867. 

120.  William  Graves.  Received  from  Union 
Presbytery,  April  15,  1859;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  16,  1869. 

121.  John  Curtis  Stewart.  Ordained  evange- 
list by  Concord,  May  17,  1857;  deposed  for 
contumacy,  August  30,  1867. 

122.  William  Andrew  Wood,  D.  D.  Or- 


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dained  by  Concord,  July  23,  1859;  dismissed 
to  Orange,  December  6,  1860;  received  from 
Orange,  October  13,  1866. 

123.  John  Davies  Wilson.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, August  27,  1859;  deceased,  April  6, 
1868. 

124.  Nathan  Shotwell.  Keceived  from  Hunt- 
ington, September  9,  1859 :  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  6,  1869. 

125.  Stafford  C.  Millen,  D.  D.  Keceived 
from  First  Presbytery,  Associate  Synod  of 
the  South,  October  24,  1860;  deceased,  April 
14,  1874. 

126.  James  Scott  Barr.  Received  fram  Oua- 
chita, April  12,  1861 ;  detached  to  Mecklenburg, 
October  16,  1869. 

127.  John  Lycan  Kirkpatrick,  D.  D.  Fourth 
President  of  Davidson  College;  received  from 
Charleston,  July  10,  1861;  dismissed  to  Lex- 
ington, October  4,  1866. 

128.  Winslow  Brainerd  Watts.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  October  15,  1861 ;  deceased,  July 
9]  1868. 

129.  Robert  Zenas  Johnston.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  November  17, 1861;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  16,  1869. 

130.  Samuel  Caruthers  Alexander.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  December  21,  1861 ;  dropped  from 
roU,  October  10,  1866. 


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131.  S.  S.  Murkland.  Eeceived  from  West 
Hanover,  May  9,  1862;  dismissed  to  Second 
Presbytery,  Philadelphia,  October  4,  1866. 

132.  William  Morton  Kilpatrick.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  May  10,  1862;  dismissed  to  WTest 
Texas,  April  9,  1868. 

133.  Robert  Burton  Anderson,  D.  D.  Or- 
dained by  Concord,  May  24,  1862;  detached 
to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869;  received 
from  Mecklenburg,  September  10,  1874.  , 

134.  William  A.  McDonald.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  October  16,  1863;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  16,  1869. 

135.  Gilbert  R.  Brackett,  D.  D.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  May  14,  1864;  dismissed  to  Har- 
mony, April  24,  1867. 

136.  Henry  Howard  Banks.  Received  from 
Bethel,  September  13,  1865;  detached  to  Meck- 
lenburg, October  16,  1869. 

137.  G.  J.  Porter.  Received  from  Bethel, 
September  13, 1865 ;  dismissed  to  second  Pres- 
bytery of  Philadelphia,  October  4,  1866. 

138.  George  E.  Eagleton.  Received  from 
North  Alabama,  May  3,  1866;  dismissed  to 
Ouachita,  August  31,  1867. 

139.  John  Douglas.  Received  from  Charles- 
ton, May  3,  1866 ;  detached  to  Mecklenburg, 
October  16,  1869. 

140.  H.  B.  Pratt.    Received  from  Orange, 


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May  3,  1866;  dismissed  to  Orange,  April  24, 
1867. 

141.  Jacob  Hood.  Received  from  United 
Synod,  October  3,  1866;  detached  to  Mecklen- 
burg, October  16,  1869. 

142.  Ephraim  H.  Harding,  D.  D.  Received 
from  Orange,  October  13,  1866;  dismissed  to 
Orange,  September  13,  1871. 

143.  G.  Wilson  McPhail,  D.  D.  Fifth  Presi- 
dent of  Davidson  College ;  received  from  East 
Hanover,  April  24,  1867;  deceased,  June  18, 
1871. 

144.  Robert  Houston  Caldwell.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  August  1,  1868 ;  dismissed  to  Cen- 
tral Mississippi,  March  22,  1871. 

145.  John  J.  Kennedy.  Ordained  by  Con- 
cord, August  1,  1868;  detached  to  Mecklen- 
burg, October  16,  1869. 

146.  John  C.  Williams.  v  Received  from  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Carolina,  September  24,  1868 ; 
detached  to  Mecklenburg,  October  16,  1869. 

147.  Archibald  D.  Montgomery.  Received 
from  Augusta,  May  1,  1869;  deceased,  April 
21,  1870. 

148.  Robert  Bradley.  Received  from  Har- 
mony, April  29,  1866;  dismissed  to  Harmony, 
October  18,  1872. 

149.  Joseph  B.  Mack,  D.  D.    Received  from 


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Charleston,  April  13,  1871 ;  dismissed  to  Bethel, 
December  8,  1875. 

150.  Luther  McKinnon,  D.  D.  Seventh 
President  of  Davidson  College ;  received  from 
Wilmington,  April  18,  1872;  dismissed  to 
Charleston,  September  14,  1883;  received  from 
Charleston,  October  16,  1885. 

151.  Komulus  Morrison  Tuttle.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  Oct.  18,  1872;  dismissed  to  Pa- 
ducah,  May  30,  1876. 

152.  John  Wright  Davis,  D.  D.  Missionary 
to  China;  ordained  by  Concord,  May  28,  1873. 

153.  S.  Taylor  Martin.  Received  from 
West  Hanover,  May  29,  1873;  dismissed  to 
Mecklenburg,  October  15,  1875. 

154.  A.  E.  Chandler.  Received  from  Knox- 
ville,  July  9,  1873;  dismissed  to  Macon,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1877. 

155.  Robert  Warren  Boyd.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  May  16,  1874;  dismissed  to  Mecklen- 
burg, September,  15,  1888. 

156.  James  Henley  Thorn  well.  Ordained 
by  Concord,  September  24,  1874;  dismissed  to 
Bethel,  September  29,  1882 

157.  A.  LaFayette  Crawford.  Received  from 
Ouachita,  January  20,  1874;  dismissed  to  Or- 
ange, April  20,  1883. 

158.  Andrew  H.  Hepburn,  D.  D.  Sixth 
President  of  Davidson  College;  received  from 


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Orange,  September  8,  1875;  dismissed  to  Day- 
ton, October  15,  1885. 

159.  John  Monroe  Anderson,  Professor  in 
Davidson  College.  Received  from  Bethel,  April 
22,  1876;  dismissed  to  Orange,  Sept.  1,  1876. 

160.  Thomas  Gairdner  Thurston.  Eeceived 
from  Congregational  Bay  Association,  April  22, 
1876;  deceased,  February  22,  1884. 

161.  L.  K  Glasgow.  Received  from  Pres- 
bytery of  South  Carolina,  April  22,  1876. 

162.  James  Morton  Wharey.  Received  from 
West  Hanover,  June  1,  1876. 

163.  Paul  Patterson  Winn.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  June  24,  1876;  dismissed  to  South 
Alabama,  September  7,  1885. 

164.  James  Alston  Ramsay.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  May  19,  1877. 

165.  Philander  M.  Custer.  Received  from 
Greenbrier,  April  23,  1879 ;  dismissed  to  North 
Mississippi,  April  27,  1881. 

166.  Franklin  Pierce  Harrell.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  December  5,  1880;  deceased,  June 
29,  1883. 

167.  James  North  Howard  Summerell.  Or- 
dained by  Concord,  May  29, 1881 ;  dismissed  to 
Orange,  September  30,  1883. 

168.  William  Butler  Arrowood.  Received 
from  Montgomery,  April  26,  1882;  dismissed 
to  Mecklenburg,  1888. 


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169.  Colin  Alexander  Munroe.  Received 
from  Mississippi  Presbytery,  May  8,  1883 ;  dis- 
missed to  Greenbrier,  April  24,  1884;  received 
from  Greenbrier,  June  19,  1885. 

170.  Andrew  Walker  White.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  September  14.  1883.  Dismissed  to 
Presbytery  of  Western  Texas,  1887. 

171.  Charles  Montgomery  Payne,  M.  D. 
Received  from  Wilmington,  May  30,  1884. 

172.  James  Leander  Williamson.  Received 
from  Orange,  September  5,  1884;  dismissed  to 
Mecklenburg,  1888. 

173.  Ephraim  Clark  Murray.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  October  17,  1885;  dismissed  to 
Charleston,  1887. 

174.  William  Buchanan  Tidball.  Received 
from  Orange,  October  24,  1885. 

175.  Robert  S.  Arrowood.  Ordained  by 
Concord,  August,  1886. 

176.  William  R.  McLelland  Received  from 
East  Texas,  August,  1886. 

177.  Charles  M.  Tidball.  Ordained  by  Con. 
cord,  November  10,  1886 

178.  R.  A.  Webb.  Received  from  Bethel. 
Dismissed  to  Charleston,  Sept.  17,  1888. 

179.  J.  G.  Anderson.  Received  from  East 
Hanover,  1888. 

180.  Thomas  J.  Allison.  Received  from 
Orange,  September  14,  1888. 


V. 


Holl  of  Ministfcts, 

With  Date  of  theib  Obdination,  the  Obdaining  Pbes- 

BYTEBY,  PBESENT  ChAEGE  AND  ADDBESS. 


1.  B.  L.  Beall,   P.  0.  Lenoir,  N.  0. 

Ordained,  Concord,  October  4,  1851. 

2.  J.  Rumple,  D.  D.,   Salisbury,  N.  0. 

Ordained,  Concord,  January  9,  1857,  Salisbury,  P. 

3.  William  W.  Pharr,  Mooreville,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Concord,  May  14,  1858,  Centre 
and  Prospect,  P. 

4.  William  A.  Wood,  D.  D.,  Statesville,  N.  0. 

Ordained,  Concord,  July  23,  1859,  Statesville,  P. 

5.  Robert  B.  Anderson,  D.  D.,_„  Morganton,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Concord,  May  24,  1862,  Morganton,  P., 

and  Newton,  S.  S. 

6.  W.  B.  Tidball,   Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  West  Texas,  July  9,  1854. 

7.  J.  M.  Wharey,  Mooresville,  N.  0. 

Ordained,  Montgomery,  April  12,  1866,  Moores- 
ville, P. 

8.  Luther  McKinnon,  D.  D.,  Clinton,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Fayetteville,  April,  1886,  Ex-Presi- 
dent Davidson  College. 


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9.  L.  K.  Glasgow,   Davidson  College,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  South  Carolina  Presbytery,  June  25,  1870, 

Teacher. 

10.  Jno.  W.  Davis,  D.  D.,.__  Soochow,  China. 

Ordained,  Concord,  May  28,  1873,  For.  Miss. 

11.  Charles  M.  Payne,  M.  D.,  Concord,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Orange,  April  17,  1873,  Concord 
(town),  P. 

12.  C.  A.  Munroe,   Lenoir,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Mississippi,  Oct.  13,  1877,  Hickory  and 

Lenoir,  P. 

13.  J.  A.  Ramsay,   Mill  Bridge,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Concord,  May  19,  1877,  Thyatira  and 

Back  Creek,  P. 

14.  W.  E.  McLelland   Statesville,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  East  Texas,  Nov.  6,  1878,  Bethany 
and  Bethesda,  S.  S. 

15.  Robert  S.  Arrowood,  Mill  Hill,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Concord,  August,  1886,  Bethphage,  P. 

16.  J.  G.  Anderson,  Harrisburg,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  East  Hanover,  May  2,  1879,  Bocky  River,  P. 

17.  Charles  M.  Tidball,  Fancy  Hill,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Concord,  November  10,  1886,  Concord,  P.. 

Shiloh  and  Clio,  S.  3. 

18.  Thomas  J.  Allison,  ....Elmwood,  N.  C. 

Ordained,  Orange,  Nov.  8,  1875,  Third  Creek 
and  Fifth  Creek,  P.  E. 


VI. 


permanent  Officers* 

1.  Stated  Cleric,  Rev.  Wm.  W.  Pharr,  Moores- 

ville,  N.  C. 

2.  Treasurer,  O.  D.  Davis,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

3.  Trustees  of  Presbytery,  Maj.  G.  W.  F.  Har- 

per, Dr.  R.  L.  Beall,  and  E.  W.  Faucette; 
P.  O.,  Lenoir,  N.  C. 


VII. 

Permanent  Committees  *m& 
JVaeuts. 

On  Examination  of  Candidates. 
1.  On  languages,  Latin  Exegesis  and  Critical 
Exercise. 

Eev.  J.  Rumple,  D.  D.,  Rev.  T.  J.  Allison. 
Rev.  L.  K.  Glasgow,     Rev.  R.  S.  Arrowood, 
and  two  Ruling  Elders. 

2.  On  the  Arts  and  Sciences. 
Rev.  R.  B.  Anderson,  Rev.  B.  L.  Beall, 

D.  D.,  Rev.  C.  A.  Munroe, 

Rev.  J.  G.  Anderson,    and  two  Ruling  Elders. 


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3.  On  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church 
Government. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Ramsay,       Rev.  W.  R.  McLelland, 
Rev.  C.  M.  Payne,        Rev.  C.  M.  Tidball, 
and  two  Ruling  Elders. 

4.  On  Theology  and  the  Sacraments. 
Rev.  Wm.  W.  Pharr,    Rev.  W.  A.  Wood,  D.  D., 
Rev.  J.  M.  Wharey,      and  two  Ruling  Elders. 

5.  Home  Missions. 
Rev.  R.  B.  Anderson,     Rev.  J.  Rumple,  D.  D., 

D.  D.,  A.  Leazar, 

W.  A.  Wood,  D.  D.,  J.  G.  Hall, 
Rev.  C.  A.  Munroe,  J.  H.  HiU, 

and  Ruling  Elders. 

6.  On  Education. 
Rev.  C.  M.  Payne,        Rev.  Wm.  W.  Pharr, 
Prof.  W.  J.  Martin,  LL.  D. 

7.  Agent  for  Foreign  Missions. 
Rev.  James  M.  Wharey. 

8.  Agent  of  Publication. 
Rev.  J.  Alston  Ramsay. 


9.  Agent  for  Sabbath  Schools. 
Rev.  J.  G.  Anderson. 


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VIII. 

(Trustees  of  33*uriasott  College. 

Class  1.  W.  A.  Wood,  D.  D.,  term  expires  fall 
1889. 

Glass  1.  Prof.  J.  H.  Hill,  term  expires  fall  of 
1889. 

Glass  2.  Kev.  Wm.  W.  Pharr,  term  expires  fall 
of  1890. 

Glass  2.  S.  H.  Wiley,  Esq.,  term  expires  fall  of 
1890. 

Glass  3.  li.  B.  Anderson,  D.  D.,  term  expires 
fall  of  1891. 

Glass  3.  Hon.  A.  Leazar,  term  expires  fall  of 
1891. 

Glass  4.  J.  Rumple,  T>.  D.,  term  expires,  fall  of 
1892. 


IX. 


Socket  of  Business* 


1.  Prayer. 

2.  Roll  Call. 

3.  Election  of  Moderator  and  Temporary  Clerks. 

4.  Reading  Minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

5.  Excuses  of  absentees  from  the  last  meeting. 

6.  Reports  of  Supplies. 

7.  Reading  Communications. 

8.  Appointment  of  Temporary  Committees — by  the 

Moderator : 

A.  — AT  THE  SPRING  MEETING. 

1.  On  the  Narrative  to  the  General  Assembly. 

2.  On  Systematic  Benevolence. 

3.  On  the  Minutes  of  Synod. 

4.  On  Finance. 

5.  Judicial  Committee. 

6.  On  Bills  and  Overtures. 

7.  On  Devotional  Exercises. 

8.  On  Sessional  Records. 

B.— AT  THE  FALL  MEETING. 

1.  On  the  Narrative  to  the  Synod. 

2.  On  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly. 

3.  On  Finance. 

4.  Judicial  Committee. 

5.  On  Bills  and  Overtures. 

6.  To  nominate  Trustees  for  Davidson  College. 


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9.  Unfinished  Business  of  the  previous  meeting. 

10.  Handing  in  Statistical  Reports. 

11.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

12.  Reports  of  Sessions  on  the  state  of  religion  (Rule, 
Art.  X.,  Sec.  I.) 

13.  Reports  of  Permanent  Committees  and  Agents — 

1.  Home  Missions,  (Spring). 

2.  Sabbath  Schools  (Spring). 

3.  Education  (Fall). 

4.  Foreign  Missions  (Spring). 

5.  Publication  (Fall). 

6.  Treasurer  (Spring  and  Fall). 

14.  Reports  of  Licentiates  (Rule,  Sec.  IV.  20,  21.) 

15.  Appointment  of  Commissioners  to  General  Assembly 

(Spring). 

16.  Report  of  the  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assem- 

bly (Fall). 

17.  Time  and  place  of  next  meeting. 

18.  Reports  to  be  adopted,  to  be  sent  to  General  Assem- 

bly, or  Synod — 

1.  On  the  Narrative. 

2.  On  Systematic  Benevolence. 

3.  On  Evangelistic  Labor. 

4.  On  Sabbath  Schools. 

5.  Statistical  (Spring). 

19.  Minutes  read  and  approved. 

20.  Closing  Exercises.  •  . 


X. 


SEC.  L—  NARRATIVE  OF  KELIGION. 
1.  At  every  Fall  meeting  of  Presbytery  the  sessions 
shall  send  a  written  report  on  the  State  of  Religion,  em- 
bracing the  following  topics : 

1.  Attendance  upon  the  public  services  of  the  sanc- 

tuary. 

2.  Family  worship. 

3.  Prayer  meetings. 

4.  Observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

5.  Temperance. 

6.  Bible  Classes  and  Sabbath  School. 

7.  Contributions  to  the  causes  of  Christian  benevo- 

lence. 

8.  Any  facts  going  to  show  the  spiritual  condition  of 

the  Church. 

2.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  prepare  blanks  embracing 
the  above  topics,  and  forward  one  of  the  same  to  each 
session  at  least  four  weeks  before  the  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery. 

3.  These  reports  from  the  churches  shall  be  presented 
on  the  first  or  second  day  of  the  meeting  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, and  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Narrative  to  Synod,  without  being  read,  unless  specially 
ordered  by  Presbytery. 


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SEC.  II. — PASTORS  AND  STATED  SUPPLIES. 

3.  Whenever  a  call,  placed  in  the  hands  of  a  minister, 
is  accepted  by  him,  the  sum  specified  in  the  call  shall 
be  made  a  matter  of  record. 

4.  Presbytery  will  not  constitute  the  relation  of 
Pastor,  nor  consent  to  the  establishment  of  the  relation 
of  Stated  Supply  between  a  minister  and  any  one  of  its 
congregations,  which  is  in  arrears  to  a  former  minister 
for  ministerial  services. 

5.  A  call  for  the  whole,  or  a  portion  of  a  minister's 
tima,  shall  not  be  placed  in  his  hands,  unless  the  con- 
gregation presenting  the  call  promises  a  living  support 
for  the  specified  time. 

6.  The  relation  of  Stated  Supply  to  a  church  shall 
be  formed  only  by  the  consent  of  the  Presbytery,  or  of 
the  Home  Missions  Committee  in  the  interim  of  Pres- 
bytery, and  for  only  one  year  at  a  time. 

7.  When  a  petition  is  presented  to  Presbytery  for  the 
dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation,  a  full  statement  of 
the  reason  on  which  the  petition  is  based  must  be  given, 
and  unless  the  reasons  are  decided  by  vote  to  be  satis- 
factory, the  request  shall  not  be  granted. 

SEC.  III.— OE  SESSIONS. 
Rules  for  (Jhurph  Sessions. 

1.  The  Session  shall  hold  stated  meetings  at  least  once 
in  every  quarter  of  the  year. 

2.  The  Clerk  shall  keep  a  fair  record  of  all  proceed- 
ings, which  record  shall  be  read  and  approved  by  the 
Session  at  least  every  quarter,  and  shall  be  submitted 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Presbytery  at  every  Spring 
meeting  These  records  must  show  that  all  the  require- 
ments herein  stated  have  been  fulfilled. 


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3.  Meetings  shall  be,  ordinarily,  opened  and  closed 
with  prayer,  and  the  fact  of  such  opening  and  closing, 
shall  be  made  a  matter  of  record,  in  its  proper  place. 

4.  The  Session  shall  examine  the  Deacons'  account 
book  at  least  once  a  year. 

5.  The  Annual  Narrative  and  Statistical  and  Sunday 
School  Reports  shall  be  ordered  to  be  read  to  the  con- 
gregation, and  the  Statistical  Report  shall  be  entered 
upon  the  minutes  of  the  Session. 

6.  Each  Session  shall  elect  a  delegate,  with  an  alter- 
nate, to  each  regular  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  and 
Synod,  make  a  record  of  the  same,  and  shall  hold  its 
delegates  to  a  strict  accountability  for  their  regular  and 
punctual  attendance,  and  censure  them  for  a  failure,  on 
insufficient  grounds,  to  discharge  this  duty. 

7.  The  Session  shall  keep  a  register  of  the  names  of 
their  baptized  non-communicants. 

8.  Certificates  of  dismission  to  parents  must  include 
also  the  names  of  all  their  baptized  children  moving 
with  them. 

9.  When  parents  are  received  on  certificate  the  names 
of  their  baptized  children  shall  be  entered  on  the  roll 
of  baptized  non-communicating  members. 

10.  When  a  baptized  non-communicant  shall  remove 
from  the  bounds  of  his  church,  with  the  view  of  be- 
coming a  resident  within  the  bounds  of  another,  he 
shall  be  furnished  by  his  Session  with  a  certificate  of 
his  relationship,  and  his  name  transferred  to  the  roll  of 
the  church  within  whose  bounds  he  shall  settle. 

11.  When  a  member  is  received  on  certificate,  the 
fact  of  his  reception  should  be  reported  to  the  Session 
dismissing  him. 

12.  When  a  member  has  been  elected  to  the  office  of 


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"Ruling  Elder  or  Deacon,  the  Session  shall,  after  inquiry, 
decide  as  to  his  fitness  for  the  office,  and  if  he  be  ap- 
proved, shall  proceed  to  ordain  him. 

13.  All  appointments  to  office  in  the  Sunday  School 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Session. 

14.  The  attention  of  our  Sessions  is  directed  to  Chap- 
ter XV.,  especially  Sec.  2  of  that  chapter,  of  our  Rules 
of  Discipline. 

15.  The  Presbytery  recommends  that  Sessions  use  the 
following  or  like  docket,  or  order  of  business,  at  each 
meeting — the  moderator  calling  over  the  items  in  regular 
order,  viz: 

(1)  Opening  prayer  by  the  moderator. 

(2)  Minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

(3)  Excuses  of  absentees  from  last  meeting  heard. 

(4)  Unfinished  business  considered. 

(5)  Query — Are  any  of  our  people  sick  or  needing  at- 
tention ? 

(6)  Are  any  concerned  about  their  spiritual  condi- 
tion? 

(7)  Are  any  members  walking  disorderly  ? 

(8)  Are  there  any  strangers  to  be  visited  ? 

(9)  What  means  may  be  used  for  extending  the  cause 
of  Christ  ? 

<10)  What  elders  have  made  visits,  and  how  many  ? 

(11)  New  business. 

(12)  Minutes  read  and  corrected. 

(13)  Motion  to  adjourn  adopted. 

(14)  Closing  prayer  by  member  of  Session. 

16.  Sessions  are  required  to  send  to  every  stated 
Spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  reports  on  the  following 


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subjects,  and  these  reports,  before  they  are  sent  must  be 
written,  formally  adopted  by  the  Session,  and  read  to 
the  congregation : 

(1.)  Statistical  Report. 

(2.)  Report,  Sabbath  Schools. 

(3.)  Report  on  the  state  of  religion,  in  the  following 
order : 

1 —  Religious  services  in  the  congregation,  and  the 
usual  attendance. 

2 —  Prayer-meetings,  and  the  usual  attendance. 

3 —  The  extent  to  which  the  Catechism  is  taught  in 
families  and  Sabbath  School ;  and  whether  the  Sabbath 
Schools  are  under  the  control  of  the  Session. 

— In  the  absence  of  the  minister,  what  public  wor- 
ship is  held  in  your  church  ? 

5 —  Official  visitation  of  the  families  in  the  congrega- 
tion, by  the  minister  and  elders. 

6 —  Attendance  of  deacons  to  their  official  work  of  se- 
curing pastor's  salary,  providing  for  the  wants  of  the 
poor,  and  other  monetary  interests  of  the  church. 

7 —  Minister's  salary,  whether  punctually  paid  and  suf- 
ficient for  his  support  ? 

8 —  Faithfulness  of  the  Session  in  appointing  repre- 
sentatives to  Presbytery  and  Synod,  and  holding  them 
to  account  for  their  attendance. 

9 —  Payment  of  the  expenses  of  the  minister  and  elder 
attending  the  courts  of  the  church. 

10—  If  vacant,  the  efforts  made,  and  the  ability  to 
supply  the  vacancy. 

11 —  Reason  of  any  failure  to  contribute  to  any  of  the 
objects  of  benevolence  ordered  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly. 


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12 —  Keligious  newspapers  taken  by  your  people. 

13—  Family  worship. 

14 —  Observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

15 —  The  prevalence  of  intemperance,  worldly  amuse- 
ments and  other  forms  of  sin. 

16 —  Special  out-pouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

17—  Religious  instruction  of  the  colored  people. 

17.  If  at  any  two  successive  Spring  sessions  of  Pres- 
bytery, a  church  session  fails  to  report  the  pecuniary 
relation  of  the  congregation  to  the  pastor,  or  reports  a 
failure  on  the  part  of  the  congregation  to  meet  their 
pecuniary  obligations,  the  Presbytery  will  proceed  to 
notify  such  congregation  to  present  to  the  next  stated 
meeting,  their  reason  for  such  failure. 

18.  Sessions  are  instructed  not  to  invite  into  their 
pulpits  any  one  who  has  not  been  ordained  to  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  or  licensed  as  a  probationer  for  the 
ministry  by  some  one  or  other  of  the  evangelical  churches 
of  Christ. 

19.  Sessions  and  churches  are  instructed  not  to  en- 
gage the  services  of  any  minister  of  the  gospel,  not  a 
member  of  this  Presbytery,  without  the  express  per- 
mission of  Presbytery,  or,  in  the  interval  between  meet- 
ings, of  our  committee  of  Home  Missions. 

SEC.  IV.  — OF  LICENTIATES. 

20.  Licentiates  shall  be  assigned  by  the  Presbytery  to 
suitable  fields  of  labor,  and  submit  a  report  of  their 
labors  to  every  stated  meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

21.  If  at  three  successive  meetings  of  the  Presbytery, 
a  licentiate  fails  to  submit  a  satisfactory  account  of  his 
labors,  his  license  may  be  recalled. 


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SEC.  V.— COMMITTEES. 

22.  The  Presbytery  shall  be  divided  into  the  follow- 
ing standing  committees  for  the  examination  of  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry,  and  when  the  Presbytery  has 
convened,  the  Moderator  shall  have  power  to  fill  all 
vacancies  for  the  time  being,  and  to  appoint  Ruling 
Elders  on  said  committees  : 

1.  On   Languages,    Latin    Exegesis,    and  Critical 

Exercises. 

2.  On  the  Arts  and  Sciences. 

3.  On  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Church  Government- 

4.  On  Theology  and  Sacraments. 

23.  The  Presbytery  shall  conduct  the  cause  of  Home 
Missions  by  means  of  an  Executive  Committee,  who  shall 
submit  a  report  of  their  proceedings  to  every  stated 
meeting  of  the  Presbytery,  and  be  governed  by  the 
following  general  rules  : 

1.  They  shall  endeavor  to  supply  the  vacant  churches 
and  missionary  fields  with  the  regular  ministry  of  the 
word,  and  secure  systematic  and  liberal  contributions  to 
the  Home  Mission  cause  from  all  the  churches  within 
our  bounds. 

2.  They  shall  also  include  under  their  charge,  Church 
Extension,  and  the  relief  of  Disabled  Ministers,  etc. 

24.  The  Presbytery  will  conduct  the  education  of  her 
candidates  for  the  ministry  by  the  m.eans  of  an  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  who  shall  submit  a  report  of  their 
proceedings  to  every  stated  Fall  meeting  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, and  be  governed  by  the  following  general  rules  : 

1.  Before  any  candidate  for  the  ministry,  not  coming 
to  this  Presbytery  with  a  certificate  of  dismission  from 


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another  Presbytery,  shall  be  received  under  our  care, 
the  Session  of  the  Church  to  which  he  belongs  shall 
send  to  the  Presbytery  written  answers  to  the  following 
questions  : 

1st.  Does  the  proposed  candidate  possess  a  good  repu- 
tation in  the  congregation  to  which  he  belongs 
for  piety,  good  practical  sense,  prudence  and 
humility  ? 

2d.  Are  there  any  physical  or  mental  infirmities,  or  any 
eccentricities  of  character,  or  any  other  defects 
known  to  the  Session,  which  in  their  estimation, 
will  be  likely  to  mar  the  usefulness  of  the  pro- 
posed candidate  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  ? 

2.  A  beneficiary,  before  receiving  any  aid  from  the 
Committee,  shall  sign  a  written  obligation  to  refund,  as 
soon  as  he  shall  be  able  to  do  so,  all  the  money  fur- 
nished him  by  the  Committee  either  as  a  gift  or  a  loan, 
if  he  should  fail  to  enter  the  ministry. 

3.  In  assisting  our  beneficiaries,  preference  shall  be 
given  to  those  who  are  most  advanced  in  their  studies : 
other  things  being  equal. 

4.  A  beneficiary  who  shall  have  attained  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  may  be  furnished  with  means  to  pursue 
his  academic  course,  but  only  as  a  loan,  without  interest 
provided  he  binds  himself  by  a  written  obligation  to  re- 
fund the  money  loaned,  before  he  enters  upon  a  collegi- 
ate course  of  study ;  and  he  shall  receive  no  further  aid 
from  the  Committee  until  said  obligation  is  fully  dis- 
charged. 

5.  A  beneficiary  who  is  prepared  for  the  Freshman 
class  in  college,  may  be  assisted  to  an  amount  not  ex- 
ceeding $100  as  a  gift,  and  to  an  amount  not  exceeding 


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f  100  as  a  loan;  provided,  he  binds  himself  by  written 
obligation  to  refund  the  money  loaned  before  he  enters 
upon  his  Theological  course  of  study  ;  and  he  shall  re- 
ceive no  further  aid  until  said  obligation  has  been  fully 
discharged. 

6.  No  beneficiary,  in  his  preparation  for  the  ministry, 
shall  be  entirely  supported  by  the  funds  of  the  Church, 
for  the  consecutive  period  of  one  scholastic  year,  except 
under  extraordinary  circumstances,  of  which  the  Pres- 
bytery shall  be  the  judge. 

7.  In  all  cases  where  money  is  loaned  to  a  beneficiary, 
he  shall  be  required  to  give  the  best  security  in  his 
power ;  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Presbytery  shall  have 
discretion  as  to  the  acceptance  of  such  security;  and 
the  written  consent  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  said 
beneficiary,  if  a  minor,  shall  be  filed  with  his  obligation. 

8.  When  a  candidate  who  is  not  a  beneficiary  shall  ap- 
ply for  aid  to  the  Committee  of  Education  during  the  in- 
terim of  Presbytery,  the  Committee  may  judge  of  the 
propriety  of  furnishing  such  aid,  and  act  accordingly; 
and  in  case  the  request  of  the  candidate  should  be 
granted,  a  statement  of  the  case,  and  the  reasons  for 
their  action  shall  be  embodied  in  their  report  to  Pres- 
bytery. 

9.  At  every  Fall  session  of  the  Presbytery,  the  Com- 
mittee of  Education  shall  embody  in  their  report  a  gen- 
eral statement  of  the  religious  and  literary  standing  of 
candidates  ;  and  shall  recommend  each  beneficiary  can- 
didate by  name,  to  be  continued  as  such,  or  not,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

10.  A  copy  of  the  above  rules  shall  be  placed,  by  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee,  in  the  hands  of  each  can- 
didate for  the  ministry  under  our  care. 


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25.  Presbytery  will  conduct  the  interests  of  Foreign 
Missions,  Publication  and  Sabbath  Schools,  by  means 
of  agents  who  shall  be  corresponding  members  of  the 
Assembly's  Committees  on  these  subjects,  and  who  shall 
make  their  report  to  Presbytery  ;  the  first  and  third  at 
the  Spring  meetings,  and  the  second  at  the  Fall  meet- 
ings. 

26.  The  Committees  and  Agents  above  named  are  in- 
structed to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  an  amount  suf- 
ficient to  defray  the  expenses  of  their  respective  agencies, 
from  the  funds  contributed  respectively  to  said  agencies. 

SEC.  VI.—  TRUSTEES. 

27.  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbytery  shall  be  composed 
of  three  persons,  who  are  Deacons  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  good  and  regular  standing  ;  and  they  shall 
hold  in  trust  for  the  Presbytery  all  property  in  church 
lOjts  and  buildings  not  otherwise  secured ;  and  all  lega- 
cies and  bequests  which  may  be  willed,  or  otherwise 
given  to  the  Presbytery,  in  behalf  of  the  charitable  or 
other  objects  under  its  control. 

28.  The  Presbytery  will  elect  one-fourth  of  the  num- 
ber of  Trustees  of  Davidson  College,  to  which  it  is  en- 
titled, at  each  stated  Fall  meeting,  who  shall  serve  for 
four  years. 

SEC.  VII.  — TREASURER. 

29.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  the  moneys  con- 
tributed by  congregations  to  the  Presbyterial  Fund — 
out  of  which  he  shall  pay  the  expenses  of  the  commis- 
sioners to  the  General  Assembly;  the  salary  of  the 
Stated  Clerk ;  the  quotas  of  the  Presbytery  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  and  the  Synod ;  the  expenses  of  printing 


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done  by  order  of  the  Presbytery,  and  his  own  expenses 
incurred  in  obeying  the  injunctions  of  Presbytery. 

30.  He  shall  also  receive  all  the  moneys  contributed 
by  the  congregations  to  benevolent  causes  recommended 
by  Presbytery,  and  disburse  the  several  'amounts  by  or- 
der of  the  respective  committees,  or  agents. 

31.  He  shall  submit  his  books  for  examination  at  each 
Fall  meeting  of  Presbytery;  and  a  report  of  the  state 
of  the  treasury  at  every  stated  meeting. 

SEC.  VIII.  — STATED  CLERK. 

32.  •  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  keep  a  full  and  fair  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  Presbytery,  and  submit  the  same 
annually  to  the  Synod  for  review. 

33.  He  shall  forward  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  Synod,  a 
roll  of  the  ministers  and  churches  of  Presbytery,  a  sta- 
tistical report,  a  narrative  on  the  state  of  religion,  a  re- 
port on  systematic  benevolence,  and  such  other  reports 
as  Synod  may  require,  at  least  ten  days  before  its  stated 
meeting. 

34.  He  shall  forward  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  a  statistical  report,  a  narrative  on  the 
state  of  religion,  and  the  reports  on  systematic  benevo- 
lence, and  Sabbath  Schools. 

35.  He  shall  submit,  at  each  stated  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery, a  docket  of  business  prepared  after  the  form 
herein  prescribed. 

36.  He  shall  keep  constantly  on  hand  a  suitable  num- 
ber of  printed  blanks,  as  prepared  by  the  General  As- 
sembly's Committee,  for  the  use  of  Presbyteries  and 
Church  Sessions ;  and  shall  send  to  the  Sessions  printed 
blanks  of  all  reports  required  from  them,  at  least  three 
weeks  before  the  meeting  of  Presbytery. 


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37.  He  shall  publish  a  notice  of  the  place  and  time 
of  each  stated  meeting  of  Presbytery  four  weeks  before 
the  time  of  meeting,  and  also  an  abstract  of  the  minutes 
of  each  stated  meeting  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the 
meeting  has  been  held. 

38.  He  shall  report  the  failure  of  any  licentiate,  ses- 
sion, or  congregation,  to  comply  with  the  standing  rules 
of  this  Presbytery. 

39.  He  shall  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Davidson  College,  a  corrected  list  of  the 
Trustees  appointed  by  Presbytery,  and  notify  the  Trus- 
tees appointed  of  their  election. 

40.  He  shall  keep  on  hand  a  sufficient  number  of 
copies  of  the  Manual  of  Presbytery. 

41.  His  salary  shall  be  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  and 
his  necessary  expenses,  incurred  in  obeying  the  injunc- 
tions of  Presbytery. 

SEC.  IX . — MISCELLANEOUS. 

42.  Each  minister  who  shall  appear  in  Presbytery 
after  the  first  calling  of  the  roll,  shall  be  required  to 
render  excuse  for  tardiness, 

43.  Whenever  a  minister  of  this  Presbytery  has  been 
removed  by  death,  a  special  committee  shall  be  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  an  outline  of  his  life  and  character, 
to  be  reported  to  the  following  meeting  of  Presbytery, 
and  recorded  in  our  book  of  Biographical  Sketches. 

44.  The  rules  of  Parliamentary  order  by  which  our 
General  Assembly  is  governed  shall  be  the  Parliamen- 
tary rules  of  this  Presbytery. 

45.  At  each  Spring  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  the  roll 
of  the  churches  shall  be  called,  and  the  churches  shall 


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report  whether  they  have  paid  their  assessments,  and  in 
case  of  failure,  give  the  reasons  thereof. 

46.  At  the  Spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  the  narra- 
tives from  the  churches  shall  be  referred  to  a  committee 
on  the  narrative,  who  shall  examine  the  reports  in  pri- 
vate, and  endorse  upon  them  their  criticisms,  and  the 
narratives  and  criticisms  shall  be  read  in  open  session, 
and  returned  to  the  churches  that  the  criticisms  may  be 
read  to  the  respective  congregations. 


Utiles  of  parliament  arg 


Of  Opening  the  Sessions. 

1.  The  moderator  shall  take  the  chair  precisely  at 
the  hour  to  which  the  court  stands  adjourned  ;  shall 
immediately  call  the  members  to  order  ;  and  on  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  quorum,  the  session  shall  be  opened  with 
prayer. 

2.  If  a  quorum  be  assembled  at  the  hour  appointed, 
and  the  moderator  be  absent,  the  last  moderator  or 
oldest  minister  present,  shall  take  the  chair  without 
delay. 

3.  If  a  quorum  be  not  assembled  at  the  hour  ap- 
pointed, any  two  members  shall  be  competent  to  ad- 
journ from  time  to  time,  that  an  opportunity  may  be 
given  for  a  quorum  to  assemble. 

4.  After  calling  the  roll,  and  marking  the  absentees, 
the  minutes  of  the  last  sitting  shall  be  read,  and  if  re- 
quisite, corrected. 

Of  the  Moderator. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  moderator  to  preserve 
order,  and  to  conduct  all  business  before  the  court  to  a 
speedy  and  proper  result. 

*  These  rules  were  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  1886  for 
Its  own  guidance.  As  there  has  been  no  subsequent  action;  as 
several  of  the  lower  courts  have  also  adopted  them  ;  and  as  it  is 
important  for  our  judicatories  and  officers  to  have  some  manuel 
on  th^s  subject  of  convenient  access,  these  rules  are  here  pub- 
lished ;  but,  of  course,  form  no  part  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
Church. 


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6.  He  is  to  propose  to  the  court  every  subject  of  de- 
liberation that  comes  before  it. 

7.  He  may  propose  what  appears  to  him  the  most  re- 
gular and  direct  way  of  bringing  any  business  to  issue. 

8.  He  shall  always  announce  the  names  of  members 
rising  to  speak,  prevent  them  from  interrupting  each 
other,  and  require  them  in  speaking  always  to  address 
the  chair. 

.  9.  He  shall  prevent  a  speaker  from  deviating  from 
the  subject,  and  from  using  personal  reflections. 

10.  He  shall  silence  those  who  refuse  to  observe  order. 

11.  He  shall  prevent  members  leaving  the  court  with- 
out his  permission. 

12.  He  shall,  when  the  deliberations  are  ended,  put 
the  question,  and  call  the  vote. 

13.  In  all  questions  he  shall  give  a  clear  and  concise 
statement  of  the  object  of  the  vote,  and  the  vote  being 
taken,  he  shall  declare  how  the  question  is  decided. 

14.  He  shall  carefully  keep  notes  of  the  orders  of  the 
day,  and  call  them  up  at  the  time  appointed. 

15.  He  may  speak  to  points  of  order  in  preference  to 
other  members,  rising  from  his  seat  for  that  purpose, 
and  shall  decide  questions  of  order  subject  to  an  appeal 
to  the  court,  without  debate,  by  any  two  members. 

16.  If  any  member  consider  himself  aggrieved  by  a 
decision  of  the  moderator,  it  shall  be  his  privilege  to  ap- 
peal to  the  court,  and  the  question  on  such  appeal  shall 
be  taken  without  debate. 

17.  It  is  his  duty  to  appoint  all  committees  except  in 
those  cases  in  which  the  court  shall  decide  otherwise. 

18.  When  a  vote  is  taken  by  ballot,  or  by  yeas  and 
nays,  he  shall  vote  with  the  other  members  ;  in  other 
cases,  when  the  vote  is  equally  divided,  he  shall  possess 


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the  casting  vote.  If  he  be  not  willing  to  decide,  he 
shall  put  the  question  a  second  time,  and  if  the  court 
be  again  equally  divided,  and  he  decline  to  give  his 
vote,  the  question  shall  be  lost. 

19.  He  may  call  any  member  to  the  chair,  to  preside 
temporarily. 

Of.  the  Clerk. 

20.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  commencement  of 
the  first  session  of  every  court,  the  clerk  shall  form  a 
complete  roll  of  the  members  present,  and  put  the  same 
into  the  hands  of  the  moderator  ;  and  whenever  any  ad- 
ditional members  take  their  seats,  he  shall  add  their 
names  in  their  proper  places  to  the  said  roll. 

21.  He  shall  immediately  file  all  papers  in  the  order 
in  which  they  have  been  read,  with  proper  endorse- 
ments, and  keep  them  in  perfect  order. 

Of  the  Order  of  Business. 

22.  After  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  previous 
day,  the  following  order  of  business  shall  be  observed. 

First — The  receiving  of 

(a)  Communications  addressed  to  the  body  ; 

(b)  Reports  of  standing  committees; 

(c)  Reports  of  select  committees ; 

(d)  Resolutions ;  each  of  which  papers  may,  by  unani- 
mous consent,  be  taken  up  immediately  on  presentation, 
but  if  objection  be  made  it  shall  be  docketed. 

Secondly — The  unfinished  business  in  which  the  court 
was  engaged  at  the  last  preceding  adjournment,  in 
preference  to  the  orders  of  the  day;  but  such  un- 
finished business  may,  on  motion  without  debate,  be 
laid  on  the  table,  to  proceed  with  the  special  order. 


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Thirdly — As  soon  as  the  special  order  and  the  un- 
finished business  are  disposed  of,  the  business  on  the 
docket  will  be  called ;  but  motions  to  elect  officers,  to 
appoint  committees,  and  to  enrol  members,  shall  al- 
ways be  in  order,  unless  a  member  is  speaking,  or  the 
court  is  voting. 

Of  Motions. 

23.  A  motion  must  be  seconded,  and  afterward  re- 
peated by  the  moderator,  or  read  aloud,  before  it  is  de- 
bated; but  this  shall  be  no  bar  to  explanation  of  the 
object  of  any  motion  by  the  mover,  provided  he  does 
not  exceed  five  minutes ;  but  every  motion  shall  be  re- 
duced to  writing,  if  the  moderator  or  any  member  re- 
quire it. 

24.  The  mover  of  a  resolution  is  entitled  to  the  floor 
if  he  so  desire,  after  the  moderator  has  stated  the 
question. 

Of  Withdrawal  of  Motions. 

25.  Any  member  who  shall  have  made  a  motion,  shall 
have  liberty  to  withdraw  it  with  the  consent  of  his 
second,  before  any  debate  has  taken  place  thereon,  but 
not  afterward  without  the  leave  of  the  court. 

Of  Limitations  of  Debate. 

26.  Motions  to  lay  on  the  table,  to  docket,  to  take  up 
business,  and  to  adjourn,  and  the  call  of  the  question, 
shall  be  put  without  debate.  On  questions  of  order, 
postponement  or  commitment,  no  member  shall  speak 
more  than  once.  On  all  other  questions,  each  member 
may  speak  twice,  but  not  oftener,  without  express  leave 
of  the  court. 

Of  Privileged  Questions. 

27.  When  a  question  is  under  debate,  no  motion  shall 
be  received  unless  to  adjourn,  to  docket,  to  lay  on  the 


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table,  to  amend,  to  postpone  indefinitely,  to  postpone 
to  a  day  certain,  or  to  commit  ;  which  several  motions 
shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  in  which  they  are 
herein  arranged;  and  the  motion  for  adjournment  shall 
always  be  in  order. 

Of  ' '  the  Question. " 

28.  When  any  member  shall  call  for  "  the  question" 
the  moderator  shall,  without  debate,  put  the  vote,  "Is 
the  court  ready  for  the  question?'1  If  the  call  be 
seconded  by  a  majority  of  the  members  present,  the 
vote  shall  immediately  be  taken  on  the  pending  ques- 
tion, whatever  it  may  be,  without  further  debate. 

Of  Division  of  the  Question. 

29.  If  a  motion  under  debate  contains  several  parts, 
any  two  members  may  have  it  divided,  and  a  question 
taken  on  each  part. 

Of  Amendments. 

30.  An  amendment  may  be  moved  on  any  question, 
as  also  an  amendment  to  the  amendment,  which  shall 
be  decided  before  the  original  proposition;  but  two  dis- 
tinct amendments  to  the  pending  question  shall  not  be 
entertained  at  the  same  time,  whether  moved  as  substi- 
tutes for  the  whole  matter,  or  as  changing  any  part 
thereof.  -''  < 

31.  One  proposition  may  be  substituted  for  another, 
when  the  substitute  covers  the  whole  matter  of  the 
original,  and  this  shall  be  done  by  moving  to"  strike  out 
the  original,  and  to  insert  the  substitute. 

Of  Reconsideration,  > 

32.  A  question  shall  not  be  reconsidered  at  the  same 
session  of  the  court  at  which  it  has  been  decided,  un- 


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less  by  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the  members  who 
were  present  at  the  decision,  and  unless  the  motion  to 
reconsider  be  made  by  a  person  who  voted  with  the 
majority. 

33.  A  subject  which  has  been  indefinitely  postponed 
shall  not  be  again  called  up  during  the  same  session  of 
the  court,  unless  by  the  consent  of  three-fourths  of  the 
members  who  were  present  at  the  decision. 

Of  Speakers. 

34.  If  more  than  one  member  rise  to  speak  at  the 
same  time,  the  member  who  is  most  distant  from  the 
moderator's  chair  shall  speak  first. 

35.  Every  member,  when  speaking,  shall  address 
himself  to  the  moderator,  and  shall  treat  his  fellow- 
members,  and  especially  the  moderator,  with  decorum 

_and  respect.  , 
Of  Interruptions. 

36.  No  speaker  shall  be  interrupted  unless  he  be  out 
of  order,  or  for  the  purpose  of  correcting  mistakes  or 
misrepresentations. 

Of  Voting. 

37.  Members  shall  not  decline  voting,  unless  excused 
by  the  court. 

38.  When  various  motions  are  made  with  respect  to 
the  filling  of  blanks  with  particular  numbers  of  times, 
the  question  shall  always  be  first  taken  on  the  highest 
number  and  the  longest  time. 

39.  When  the  moderator  has  commenced  taking  the 
vote,  no  further  debate  or  remark  shall  be  admitted, 
unless  there  has  evidently  been  a  mistake;  in  which 
case  the  mistake  shall  be  rectified,  and  the  moderator 
shall  recommence  taking  the  vote. 


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40.  The  yeas  and  nays  on  any  question  shall  not  be 
recorded,  unless  it  be  required  by  one-third  of  the  mem- 
bers present;  and  every  member  shall  vote  "yea"  or 
''nay, "  unless  excused  by  the  court.  In  a  judicial  case, 
members  thus  excused  shall  not  be  allowed  a  vote  in 
any  of  the  subsequent  proceedings  relating  thereto. 

41.  In  all  elections  it  shall  require  a  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  to  elect. 

Of  Committees. 

42.  The  person  first  named  on  any  committee  shall 
be  considered  as  the  chairman  thereof,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  convene  the  committee  and  preside  therein ; 
and  in  case  of  his  absence,  or  inability  to  act,  the  second 
named  member  shall  take  his  place  and  perform  his 
duties. 

Of  Private  Sessions. 

43.  All  courts  have  a  right  to  sit  in  private  on  busi- 
ness which,  in  their  judgment,  ought  not  to  be  matter 
of  public  speculation. 

Of  the  Committee  of  the  Whole. 

44.  Every  court  has  a  right  to  resolve  itself  into  a 
committee  of  the  whole,  or  to  hold  what  are  commonly 
called  interlocutory  meetings,  in  which  members  may 
freely  converse  together  without  the  formalities  neces- 
sary in  their  ordinary  proceedings.  In  all  such  cases 
the  moderator  shall  name  the  member  who  is  to  preside 
as  chairman.  If  the  committee  be  unable  to  agree,  a 
motion  may  be  made  that  the  committee  rise,  and  upon 
the  adoption  of  such  motion  the  moderator  shall  resume 
the  chair,  and  the  chairman  of  the  committee  shall  re- 
port what  has  been  done,  and  ask  that  the  committee 
be  discharged,  which  being  allowed,  the  matter  shall  be 


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dropped.  If  the  committee  shall  agree  upon  the  report 
to  be  made,  or  have  made  progress  in  the  same  without 
coming  to  a  conclusion,  the  committee  may  rise,  report 
what  has  been  done,  and  if  the  case  require,  may  ask 
leave  to  sit  again;  or  the  committee  of  the  whole  may 
be  dissolved,  and  the  question  considered  by  the  court 
in  the  usual  order  of  business. 

Of  Decorum. 

45.  Without  express  permission,  no  member  of  a 
court,  while  business  is  going  on,  shall  engage  in  pri- 
vate conversation;  nor  shall  members  address  one  an- 
other, nor  any  person  present,  but  through  the  mod- 
erator. 

46.  When  more  than  three  members  of  the  court 
shall  be  standing  at  the  same  time,  the  moderator  shall 
require  all  to  take  their  seats,  the  person  only  excepted 
who  may  be  speaking. 

47.  If  any  member  act  in  any  respect  in  a  disorderly 
manner,  it  shall  be  the  privilege  of  any  member,  and 
the  duty  of  the  moderator,  to  call  him  to  order. 

48.  No  member  shall  retire  from  any  court  without 
the  leave  of  the  moderator,  nor  withdraw  from  it  to  re- 
turn home  without  the  consent  of  the  court. 

Of  Gases  unprovided  for. 

49.  All  cases  that  may  arise,  not  provided  for  in  the 
foregoing  rules,  shall  be  governed  by  the  general  prin- 
ciples of  parliamentary  law. 

Of  Closing  the  Sessions 

50.  The  moderator  of  every  court,  above  the  church 
session,  in  finally  closing  its  sessions,  in  addition  to 
prayer,  may  cause  to  be  sung  an  appropriate  psalm  or 
hymn,  and  shall  pronounce  the  apostolical  benediction. 


